Wednesday, September 28, 2011

You know how sometimes you're working on LO and it just ends up being a complete struggle? Well that's how this page was for me. I made this all out of scraps and was going for a scrappy quilted look. I was sent the horse chippie from 3tailscraft which I painted, inked, and embossed. I'm still not sure how I feel about it, except glad that I'm done.

Monday, September 19, 2011

I did this page for a couple of challenges at Scrapbook.com. First the ABC challenge using the letters Q for quilting, R for ribbon, and S for sandpaper technique, which I used on the chipboard frame after painting it in 3 different colors.I used the quilt block arbor window to make the design. The 2nd challenge is for the September Monochrome challenge for week 1 using Magenta and fabric for the twist. I tore strips of magenta cotton fabric and wound it around the frame. I machine stitched with magenta over the whole page and hand-stitched the title. TFL!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I made this page for a couple of challenges on Scrapbook. com. The first is for the chippie challenge which was a surprise this month. I received a chipboard cow which I painted, inked, and embossed. I was so happy to have these pics that DH and I took right down the road from my mother in law's house. When I saw these photos I realized they would also work perfectly for the color challenge which was to use any shade of blue with neutrals. Don't you just love when you can combine challenges?

I did a lot of water distressing and machine stitching on here. I masked the barbed wire and made the blue flowers. Here's what you'll need to make these flowers.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hello! I couldn't wait to play with these gorgeous colors from the Color Room! I love the rich, warm hues, contrasting with the cool white. Here's palette #73.

Here's my take.

I made the flowers myself. I used Lisa Gregory's Swirly Hibiscus flower tutorial which you can find here.http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2011/03/swirly-hibiscus-flower-tutorial.html
I don't have the tattered die that she used, so I used a flower from my Cricut Mother's Day cartridge and took my scissors to the petals, tattering them myself. I also used a different die for the centers and added a green pearl. For the color I used scarlet and harvest orange Glimmer Mists. TFL!